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Esther Ngumbi believes that chemical signals between plants, microbes, and insects hold the key to secure and sustainable food production.

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The Long Journey to Resolve the Origins of a Previous Pandemic

Mice Plague Eastern Australia in Record Numbers

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Book Excerpt from Resetting the Table

Research Slated for Fall Will Stumble Without Undergraduates

Genomics Reveals How Humans Can Inadvertently Drive Plant Mimicry

Climate Change Is Killing East Coast Forests

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Agriculture and Climate Shape Biodiversity on Mount Kilimanjaro

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Scientists Race to Build Vaccine for African Swine Fever

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Parasites in Ancient Poo Reflect Neolithic Settlers’ Lifestyle

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Climate Change Likely to Ding Beer Supply

Microbiome Differences Between Farmers and City-Dwellers Start Early

Organic Fertilizers Rife With Microplastics: Study

Long-term Study Finds That the Pesticide Glyphosate Does Not Cause Cancer

Washington State University Researchers Complain of Industry Influence

New Antibiotic Resistance Genes Found in Soil Microbes

Study: Farming Arose Twice in the Ancient Middle East

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Bees Drawn to Pesticides

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Ancient Europeans Were Lactose Intolerant

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

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A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

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The Genes That Shaped Pets and Domesticated Livestock

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Waters Enhances Alliance iS HPLC System Software, Setting a New Standard for End-to-End Traceability and Data Integrity 

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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